Chapter 81 It's that simple
"Thank you, thank you! Thank you for helping me get out of the shadow of time travel and re-evaluate my beautiful life!" Su Luo's eyes were almost filled with tears. She held Li Rusong's hands tightly and patted them again and again, like a retired veteran cadre. "You are right. I can only withdraw from my mother's matter and cannot get involved. Otherwise, the more I get involved, the more I will be stuck. By the way, you have Jinyiwei under your command, right? Ask them to check where my mother is. I will leave tomorrow after they rescue her."
"No." Li Rusong turned his wrist and tried to pull his hand out.
Su Luo didn't know when he learned the Eagle Claw Technique, and he bit Qingshan tightly, "Does the East Factory come under your command? I heard that there are many talented spies there, so it must be easy to find someone there."
"No." Li Rusong answered with gritted teeth. The heads of the East Factory are all eunuchs.
"Then you still have the Eighteen Riders of Liaodong, can you find someone?"
"Those are cavalry, not dogs..." Li Rusong tried his best to pull his hands free.
Su Luo used all his strength to not let go, half squatting and falling down, almost swinging on Li Rusong's arm. At this moment, the curtain at the door was opened from the outside. It was Qin Huai who came back. He saw the situation in the room clearly, and was stunned for a long time. He asked carefully, "What are you playing?"
Su Luo immediately let go of Li Rusong, flew forward and grabbed Qin Huai, "You are the big boss on the surface, but you are actually the head of a secret intelligence organization in the underworld, right? It shouldn't be a problem to find someone, right?"
Qin Huai sweated and tried to pull his hands free, "What a mess."
Su Luo used the Eagle Claw Skill again, "That's how it's played on TV."
Qin Huai was sweating profusely, "I'll let you know when I set up a secret organization."
Su Luo said that the name of the organization will be "Al-Qaeda" and your alias will be "Binsam Bin Laden". Then I will play the role of Lao Sa for you and that will be all.
Qin Huai Genghis Khan! There were countless embarrassing and puzzled circles in his eyes, and Li Rusong's forehead was already covered with cold sweat. He wondered why Su Luo's stool didn't fall down just now? If it fell down, he wouldn't have to suffer.
Qin Huai blinked and looked at Li Rusong, then at Su Luo. Su Luo quickly told the story again, complaining and complaining. Qin Huai looked at Li Rusong's embarrassed look, secretly wiped his cold sweat, and said to Su Luo, "What are you thinking about now? You should think about how to find your mother now, right?"
Su Luo's excited expression immediately faded, and he said, "Why don't you go and threaten Su Jing and tell him that if he doesn't hand over the person within three days, you will destroy his Jintaixuan."
Qin Huai...is no longer sweating. "Who do you think I am? You want to destroy their store just like that? You might as well just burn down their storehouse if they don't hand over the person within three days."
Su Luo's eyes lit up, "That's a good idea, just say so."
There was a sound of "bang" and the door curtain hit the door. Li Rusong covered his head and rushed out. He could faintly hear a few muffled roars during the rush. It can be seen that people's ability to endure is limited.
Seeing this, Qin Huai also wanted to retreat. Before he retreated, he pointed his chin at the ground and asked, "Is he okay?"
Su Luo looked down and saw Zhou Chongwen lying on the ground with a stool on his head. Su Luo cried out and rushed over, "Old Zhou, what's wrong with you!"
Qin Huai fully understood Li Rusong's feelings. He carried and dragged Zhou Chongwen back to his room, and asked the maid in the west wing to call a doctor.
Su Luo took the opportunity to explain the matter again in detail. Qin Huai asked, "What are your plans?"
Su Luo was a little embarrassed and said that he had originally planned to go into battle and participate in the feud between the wealthy families, but was despised by the general.
Qin Huai immediately became interested and asked Li Rusong over and over again about the process of his contempt. Finally, he stroked his chin and thought.
Su Luo thought Qin Huai was trying to come up with a solution for her, but she waited for a long time without saying anything. Su Luo couldn't help asking, "Who do you think should be in charge of burning down the Jintaixuan warehouse?"
Qin Huai didn't say anything, but his head was covered with sweat. Su Luo clapped his hands, "Leave it to Li Rusong. That guy was born in a military background, and he must have committed many murders and arson. If Su Jing doesn't hand over my mother, then send Li Rusong to deal with him!"
Qin Huai has been sweating all night, and he moved towards the door while saying, "I'll go see if the doctor has come." It seems that he has been distracted by the fact that his mother was tied up, so he should go out and hide first.
Su Luo pursed her lips and sat down on the edge of Zhou Chongwen's bed. She knew of course that she was talking nonsense. She just hoped to stimulate her nerves in this way. What if it stimulated some good solution? As the saying goes, the bigger your heart is, the bigger the stage is. Before you dare to do it, you must dare to think!
Qin Huai left Zhou Chongwen's room and saw Su Jiang standing at the door, followed by a maid and a doctor. They must have heard about Zhou Chongwen's condition and came here. Qin Huai nodded at her and left without saying anything. Su Jiang looked back at his back, her eyebrows furrowed, until the maid behind her spoke, she reacted and quickly stepped aside to invite the doctor to go in first.
When I entered the room, I saw Su Luo in a daze... or rather, in deep thought. Anyway, the expression methods of these two thinking modes are similar.
Su Jiang walked forward, gently pulled Su Luo up, and asked the doctor to come forward for diagnosis.
Su Luo saw Su Jiang raised his eyebrows, seeming a little surprised. She thought that after what happened in the morning, Su Hong and Su Jiang would avoid her.
Su Jiang said, "I met a maid from Huang Huayuan. I heard that Master Zhou was ill, so I followed her to see him."
Su Luo nodded, remembering that she and Su Hong had persuaded him to forgive Su Tong in the morning, she felt awkward and not as close as before. However, Su Jiang seemed to have forgotten what happened in the morning. After the doctor's diagnosis, she asked about Zhou Chongwen's condition. The doctor said that he was fine, just a bump on his head. It might be that he was weak, so he fainted. It was not considered "dizzy", and he would be fine after lying down.
Su Luo was relieved at this point. She asked the maid to send the doctor away, then turned to Su Jiang and said, "You go and have your meal. By the way, tell my uncle and the others that I have to take care of the patient and won't be coming over."
She was too lazy to deal with them now, and she also had to figure out how to find her mother.
Su Jiang still hesitated to leave. After a while, he tentatively asked Su Luo if she was worried about something, saying that she didn't look well.
Su Luo touched his face and snorted, "What could happen? Nothing!"
She said this with gritted teeth, and it was obvious that there was something going on. Su Jiang hesitated for a while, but finally did not ask anything and stood up to leave. Su Luo's impression of the Su family plummeted because of her mother's matter, and seeing Su Jiang's indecisive look, she felt even more annoyed, and did not stand up, sitting beside Zhou Chongwen's bed without even looking at Su Jiang.
Su Jiang came out of the house and asked the maid to send the doctor. She was hesitant whether to ask Qin Huai about what she had just heard. By chance, she ran into Chu Ning - Li Rusong coming back from outside the yard. Li Rusong naturally saw Su Jiang. Although his expression was still leisurely, there was a little more hesitation in his eyes, as if he was considering whether to go forward and talk. However, Su Jiang bowed slightly to him first, as a greeting, and then took two steps forward and stopped, obviously waiting for Li Rusong to enter the yard and make way for her to leave.
Su Jiang had always been wary of Li Rusong because of his previous behavior. Li Rusong naturally understood what Su Jiang meant. It was hard to tell whether the look in his eyes was disappointment or something else. He nodded at Su Jiang and quickly walked into the yard.
He really didn't look back when he left. Before leaving the yard, Su Jiang couldn't help but look back and saw that he actually walked into Su Luo's room. Although Su Luo was not in the room now, it was late after all. If others saw him, it might cause some misunderstanding. Su Jiang wanted to go and tell Li Rusong that Su Luo was not there, but it was too late when he hesitated. Li Rusong had already pushed the door open and went in. Su Jiang changed his mind and thought that everyone in the yard was familiar with Su Luo, so there would be no rumors, so he gave up and turned away.
It was late at night when Zhou Chongwen woke up. Rather than being dizzy, he had just taken a nap. When he opened his eyes, he saw Su Luo leaning against the bed with her eyes closed, as if she was asleep. Zhou Chongwen smiled warmly, and just as he raised his arm a little, Su Luo opened her eyes. Seeing that Zhou Chongwen was awake, she breathed a sigh of relief with great joy.
"Go back to sleep if you're sleepy." Zhou Chongwen slowly sat up and rubbed his forehead.
"I'm not sleeping. I'm thinking about something." Su Luo turned around and sat next to him to support him. "Does your head still hurt?"
Zhou Chongwen shook his head, enjoying the tenderness he was not used to.
"Xiao Yi came to see you just now, and he was scared." Su Luo pouted and muttered, "You are too weak to withstand the blows at all."
Zhou Chongwen lowered his head to reflect on his own mistakes due to his poor conditions, but a gentle smile always hung on the corners of his mouth.
"Are you hungry? I'll go find something to eat." Su Luo was about to stand up, but Zhou Chongwen held her hand, his eyes shining darkly under the candlelight, "Let's leave when we find Aunt Su, shall we?"
Su Luo took a deep breath, smiled at Zhou Chongwen, and nodded heavily, "Let them make a fuss, we will live our own lives."
That being said, how can we find the Su family? We can't just search every house, right? Zhuxian Town is not big, but it's not small either. It would be a huge project to find them.
Su Luo just closed her eyes and thought about this matter. After thinking about it, she decided to ask Qin Huai and Li Rusong for help. They were in the business and government respectively, so they could always find a way. As for Mrs. Mantou, Su Luo could only express her deep sympathy and hoped that after she left, the Mantou family would not miss her too much.
The next morning, because Su was not at home, Su Luo got up early to prepare for Su Yi to go to school. Su Yi was very happy to see Zhou Chongwen at the dinner table. He asked Su Luo, "Why did our mother go back to the village? She didn't come back all night?"
"Something happened." Su Luo buried his face in the rice bowl and spoke unclearly.
Qin Huai put down his bowl and chopsticks, signaled Zhou Chongwen with his eyes to take Su Yi out, and then said seriously: "Your mother's matter is simple..."
Su Luo grabbed Qin Huai's hand and said, "I knew you had a way."
Qin Huai had just broken out in a cold sweat when a note flew above their clasped hands. Su Luo was quick to grab the note before it hit the ground. From this action, it can be seen that she actually has an excellent physique. If this book was a martial arts novel, the heroine would not need to be replaced.
There was an address written on the note. Qin Huai took the note from Su Luo's hand, took a look at it, and looked at Li Rusong in surprise. Li Rusong was holding a bowl of porridge and eating leisurely, as if the note had nothing to do with him.
Qin Huai shook the note, his sunny and handsome face full of surprise, "Did you go out to do this last night?"
Su Luo was almost speechless, "You you you...this this this this...isn't this the address I was thinking of?"
"Hu——" Please make an inhalation sound here. The general is drinking porridge. "What do you think? Hu——"
With Li Rusong's approval, Qin Huai made an O-shaped mouth. Facts have proved that no matter how handsome one is, he cannot withstand such abuse. The O-shaped mouth gave his face more comedian style.
After Li Rusong finished drinking the porridge, he threw the bowl onto the table and said, "You take care of the rest." He said this to Qin Huai.
"You, you, how come you... you are really the secret leader of the East Factory?" Isn't this too fast? Su Luo's eyes were full of little stars, twinkling and shining.
Li Rusong didn't seem to be going to explain, but the title of "Head of the East Factory" was not something that everyone could bear, at least as a normal man, he didn't want to be one, "Isn't there an old lady next to your aunt?"
Su Luo nodded, "It seems to be her wet nurse."
"Those who come up with ideas need people to do the work. For things like taking your mother away, your aunt won't have to do it herself. We just need to identify the people around her. Five hundred taels of silver, piled up one by one, we can capture not only the wet nurse but also your own mother." Li Rusong stood up awkwardly. He still resented the identity of "head of the East Factory" that Su Luo had given him. "Whatever East Factory, Jinyiwei, or secret organization, is not as useful as silver."
Su Luo was deeply moved. "It's not that I haven't thought about this idea, but I was afraid that if I failed to bribe her, it would make her alert."
"If five hundred taels doesn't work, then one thousand taels. It's enough for her to live comfortably until she grows old." Li Rusong said it casually, as if it was not hundreds of thousands of RMB, but tens of yuan. The children of high-ranking officials are different after all!
Su Luo immediately grabbed Li Rusong's hand and shook it vigorously, "Thank you, thank you! Not only do I trouble you, but I also made you spend money. I will treat you to Zuixianju at noon."
Li Rusong looked at her expressionlessly, and finally nodded as if he was forced to do so. "Don't prepare any fancy dishes, just set the price at 200 taels per table."
Su Luo almost overturned the table. The bandit leader had said this many times before, and she had always dealt with him with a shovel. But the man in front of her was different. He was the son of a high-ranking official, and his status was much higher than Yichuan Feng's. Naturally, she had to treat him differently. What's more, he had also asked about Su's whereabouts.
Su Luo didn't believe that Li Rusong completed the task with just money without any other means. Her aunt's wet nurse raised her since she was a child and then married her into the Su family. There must be more than just a simple relationship between them. Now she revealed the whereabouts of the hostage in just one night. There must be something fishy going on.
Su Luo gritted his teeth and stamped his feet. After all, Li Rusong had spent 500 taels to force him to pay for the funds, so he would only spend 200 taels himself, which was quite cost-effective.
Li Rusong kept looking at Su Luo with a hint of mockery on his face. Su Luo nodded quickly before he said anything sarcastic. If he said something unpleasant and then nodded, he would be in a passive position.
Li Rusong raised his eyebrows, nodded, turned around and prepared to leave. Before leaving, he said, "I forgot to tell you... the money to bribe the wet nurse came from the box in your room."
Li Rusong lifted the curtain and went out. Before the curtain returned to its original shape, a figure passed by him like a ghost and went straight to a room in the courtyard. This incident once again proved that if this book turns to a martial arts route in the future, it is completely possible.
Looking at that agile and frantic figure from behind, Li Rusong suddenly felt in a good mood. His brows relaxed, breaking the coldness he usually deliberately added. He felt arrogant and casual, making his whole body feel upbeat.
Suddenly, he heard a slight sound behind him. Li Rusong calmed down his slightly raised lips and said without turning his head, "Stop talking nonsense."
Qin Huai stood behind him with a smile, his arms folded across his chest, "I never talk nonsense, I just want to hear someone's explanation. I thought you didn't like her."
Li Rusong snorted, which was considered as his agreement.
"That's strange." Qin Huai leaned over and stopped when he was only a dozen centimeters . "Then why did you do so much? Is it because you suddenly feel the value of friendship with your fellow townsman and plan to renew your friendship with her?"
Li Rusong had a blank expression on his face, as if he hadn't noticed Qin Huai's sudden approach. "I just want her to leave the Su residence as soon as possible and stop hanging around in front of me all day. I don't need her to be so smart as to interfere in the affairs between me and Su Jiang."
Qin Huai smiled and shrugged, "You misunderstood her. I talked to her, but she refused."
Li Rusong raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "It's really unlike her character."
Qin Huai was surprised. "You just met her, and you know what her personality is like?"
Li Rusong only snorted. Although they had just met, he had heard of Su Luo for a long time. From KTV to Bill Gates, she didn't make much money, but got into a lot of trouble. She even dared to use the title of the general's mansion. If the general of Xuanfu was not Li Rusong, how could Su Luo be so free and easy here? Who knows where she is in prison, maybe even the role of being executed.
“I don’t appreciate restless people.”
"Unruly...?" Qin Huai looked at Li Rusong who was gradually going away, stretched his arms, and scratched his head, "It seems like he is talking about me."
after one day……
When Zheng's nanny returned home without even saying hello, Zheng suddenly felt a little uneasy. Finally, she went to the outer house where Su was imprisoned the next night, but she didn't expect that the house was empty, even the two maids in charge of guarding were missing. Zheng was really shocked. She really didn't want to believe that the nanny betrayed her. Although this was not a good thing and she was not a good person, good people and bad people also have to talk about loyalty, and it is obvious that the nanny lacks loyalty.
Seeing her plan fail, Zheng was unwilling to accept it, but she could do nothing about it. That night, she returned to Su's house and wanted to make some sarcastic remarks when she saw Su Luo, but Su Luo asked first, "Auntie, my mother is not used to sleeping on a soft pillow. Can you ask someone to send her husk pillow tomorrow?"
These words made Zheng Shi shocked and suspicious. Could it be that the person who took Su Shi away was not Su Luo? If not her, who else could it be? With mixed thoughts in her mind, Zheng Shi was always uneasy. When it was time for dinner, everyone seemed suspicious. Su Jing was suspicious, and the second aunt was even more suspicious. No matter who took Su Shi away, it would be extremely disadvantageous to her.
She was suspicious, but Su Luo was too busy to accompany her. She stayed one more day to complete the handover procedures of Qiangui with Fatty Xue. Early the next morning, she boarded Qin Huai had to go back to Luoyang to help Li Rusong raise funds for the military academy, so he couldn't go back to Nanjing for the time being. He asked Su Luo to contact someone to publish the book after returning to Nanjing, and to use his name. As for Li Rusong... Su Luo didn't have time to take care of him. He knew that he was going to die soon, so he didn't want to harm Su Jiang, but he couldn't convince himself to leave. As the saying goes, heroes are short-tempered, and young people are long-lasting in love.
Li Rusong's inner conflicts are imaginable, and the most amazing thing is that he is conflicted every day, but he can't see it on the surface, and he always looks like he deserves a beating. Because Su Luo tried every means to avoid paying for the 200-yuan meal, the general accused her of being a woman who broke her promise and got fat (please note the arrangement and combination of these three words), which made Su Luo very unhappy.
Before leaving, Su Luo went to see Su Jiang. She didn't say much, but only told her to plan for herself and not to make wedding dresses for others. Su Jiang was a smart girl, so she understood immediately. Instead, she told Su Luo to treat everything with a normal heart, and never force herself to stand out when encountering things. It's better to live an ordinary life.
Perhaps Su Luo was not very smart, she did not quite understand, but she could not show weakness in front of Su Jiang, so she imitated Su Jiang and smiled slightly, then nodded.
Su Luo finally left, leaving without any nostalgia the place where she once thought she would fight endlessly. It turned out that leaving was so simple, all she had to do was leave, without any worries at all.
After Su Luo left, Qin Huai and Li Rusong also left one after another. Although Li Rusong left with some hesitation, he still left. Perhaps he wanted to give himself and Su Jiang a chance to see if they were really destined to be together.
Three days later, everyone in the Su residence finally confirmed that Su Luo was gone. Su Hong was particularly sad and did not eat dinner that day. He said that if he knew that day was the last time he would meet Su Luo, he should never confront her. The one who was in the worst mood was naturally Aunt Mantou, and the most disappointed was Su Tong. He was so depressed these days that he had no appetite and his round face was about to turn into a long face.
In any case, Su Luo's presence in the Su residence did not cause any big impact, because she did not originally belong to the Su residence, and because Su Jing had already achieved his goal of getting to know Qin Huai, so it was just like Su Luo was visiting the Su residence for N days during the New Year, and there was no loss anyway.
After dinner, everyone resumed the must-have after-dinner show before the New Year - the verbal dispute between the wives of the second and third wives. Everyone was used to seeing this drama and it was no longer surprising.
Just as everyone was either staying to watch the show or standing up to leave, a breathless servant followed the housekeeper of the Su residence in. It was the waiter of Jintaixuan. The waiter's face was black and his clothes were also scorched. When he saw Su, he yelled, "Boss, the warehouse... the warehouse... is burned down..."
